Salvage work on the beached cargo vessel MSC Napoli out of Brixham has been suspended until spring in the face of 'treacherous' winter storms brewing. It is for the safety of workmen and to prevent any environmental damage to Lyme Bay's wildlife and coastline.

By JOHN FLETCHER Work to salvage what is left of the MSC Napoli will be postponed until next year because of the risk posed by winter weather, it has emerged. The stern of the ill-fated container ship was due to have been removed from the Branscombe coastline next month.

Ne in four mammals, one in eight birds and one in three amphibians on this planet are threatened with extinction. This is something which is of profound significance to us all.

By Paul Gompertz Podium IF HUMAN life is to have a viable future, we have a very short time in which to change our relationship with the natural world around us from one of plunder to one of nurture.

By LIZ PHILLIPS South Devon fishermen, already banned from scalloping in 60 square miles of Lyme Bay, have condemned the launch of a new three- year eco-study of the seabed as 'a Government delaying tactic'.